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Wrestlers Edged by Wilmington, 25-22, in OAC Match in Berea

BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin Wallace University wrestling team lost to Ohio Athletic Conference foe Wilmington College, 25-22, tonight (Tuesday, January 5, 2010) in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in the Lou Higgins Center in its 2009-10 OAC dual match opener. The Quakers won with a decision in the final match of the night.

The Yellow Jackets fall to 2-6 overall and 0-1 in the OAC and next compete on Thursday, Jan. 7 versus perennial NCAA Division III power Central College of Iowa at 1:00 p.m.

Wilmington improves to 1-2 overall and 1-1 in the OAC and hosts Central tomorrow in Wilmington at 7:30 p.m.

For the Yellow Jackets, junior Phil Payne (Orange Village/ Orange) won by a 10-4 decision at 133 pounds and senior Eric Schubert (Oberlin) won by a 19-7 major decision at 141.

Junior Cody Quick (Mount Vernon) won by forfeit at 184 pounds as did sophomore Tristan Stoll (Milan/ Edison) at 197 pounds.

The Quakers got wins from Donny Herrington at 125, Richard Armand at 149, Thomas Bohrer at 165 and Brendan Leal at 174. Adam Salyers clinched the match with a 4-2 decision at 285.

Following its match versus Central Iowa, BW is idle until Tuesday, Jan. 12 when it travels to New Concord, Ohio to face OAC rival Muskingum University in the Muskingum HPER Center at 7:30 p.m.

Media and fans are reminded that the 24th Annual John Summa Memorial Tournament will take place on Saturday, February 6 in the Higgins Center Fieldhouse at 10:00 a.m.

Also, don't forget to catch Yellow Jacket men's basketball action at home tomorrow night (Wednesday, Jan. 6) when BW, 7-5 overall, hosts OAC rival Mt. Union in Ursprung at 7:30 p.m.

FINAL SCORE:   Wilmington -- 25, Baldwin Wallace -- 22

125 lbs: Donny Herrington (WILM) maj. dec. Jeremy Dombrady (BW), 10-0

133 lbs: Phil Payne (BW) dec. Chris Heiss (WILM), 10-4

141 lbs: Eric Schubert (BW) maj. dec. Tim Brown (WILM), 19-7

149 lbs: Richard Armand (WILM) pinned Grant Steward (BW), 3:25

157 lbs: Korey Leonhard (BW) dec. Mark Sedziol (WILM), 5-0

165 lbs: Thomas Bohrer (WILM) pinned Mike Hosta (BW), 4:59

174 lbs: Brendan Leal (WILM) win by forfeit

184 lbs: Cody Quick (BW) win by forfeit

197 lbs: Tristan Stoll (BW) win by forfeit

285 lbs: Adam Salyers (WILM) dec. Ryan Jones (BW), 4-2

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